Improved bottle-stopper



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s WILLIAM GRAPE; or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

A Letters .Patent No. 83,485, dated October 27, 1868.

IMPRovED BOTTLE-STQPPER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentand making part of the same.

" To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be a'known that' I, WILLIAM einer, of Philadelthe ends ofthe ribbon arefastened together,and to ,the said stopper, substantially as describedhereafter,

the said ribbon retaining the stopper in its place, and at the Asametime serving as an appropriate label, on which may be printed the nameof thc contents of the bottle.

In order to enable others to make and apply my i11- vention, I will nowproceed to describe the inode of constructing and using the same,reference being had to Athe acoompanyn'ng drawing, which forms a part ofthis specification, and in whichr c Figure l is a View of a bottle withmy improved fastening for the stopper of the saine;

Figure 2, a detached view of the lower part of the bottle;

Figure 3, a perspective view of the stopper; and

Figures 4, 5, and 6, detached perspective views illustrating myinvention, i,

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a bottle, and B a stopper, of glass orother suitablematerial, and this stopper is retained in its place by a ribbon or otherband, C, which is passed' completely around the bottle and over thestopper, as seen in iig. l.

That portion of the ribbon C which passes beneath the bottom of thebottle is received into a recess -or groove, a, which preventsthe ribbonfrom moving lat erally, while it permits the bottle to stand steadilyupon its base, Without soiling or otherwise injuring the ribbon. i

After thus passing the ribbon around the bottom of the bottle, itsopposite ends are fastened together above the stopper, by means of anarrow strip, D, of tinned iron, sheet-brass, or other thin iiexiblemetal, in the following manner:

llhe opposite ends of the ribbon are held together against the saidstrip D, so as to slightly overlap the same, as seen in 4. Both ribbonand strip are then turned, so as to wind the forinerroinnlfthe latter,until the ribbon is drawn tightand the strip is brought in contact withthe top of the stopper; afterwhich the opposite ends of the strip arebent downwards over the stopper,

and into grooves 'i i, formedin the sidesof the same. (See iigs. 5 and(i.) These grooves arewider at the top than at the bottom, (as shownbest in fig.' 3,) to facilitate the introduction of the ends of thestrip, but to complete the fastening, the latter, While being bent, areforced with a slight effort into the narrower portions of the grooves,whiohbind upon and prevent the ends of the strip from springing out andreleasing the ribbon.

lo remove the fastening, all that is necessary is to disengage the endsof the strip from the grooves in the stopper, and then, by turning thestrip, to unwind and release the ends of the ribbon.`

The above fastening, while it iirmly secures the stopper, can be madequite ornamental by employing brightcolored silk ribbons, upon which thename of the article contained in the bottle may be printed.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Theribbon C, or its equivalent, passing around the bottle and over thestopper, in combination ith a flexible strip, D, adapted to the ends ofthe ribbon, and to grooves in the said stopper, all substantially asherein'described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. GRAFF.

Witnesses JOHN IVHITE, HARRY Sisnrn.

